Georgia Pre-Flight at Georgia Tech
Saturday, October 9, 1943 Share
Georgia Tech beat Georgia Pre-Flight 35–7. It was their first meeting; after it, Georgia Tech led the series 1–0.
FinalHigh 79°F, low 55°FAttendance 12,000
In the newspapers

The Wilmington morning star, North Carolina, October 10, 1943, page 1
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CAMP DAVIS BATTERS STATE n TO 0 NAVY Stops Mighty Dukes Late Rally 1918 GOT WHAT IT TECHS ATLANTA, Oct. s. w – Georgia Tech knew all the an, swers today, including some that weren’t in the book, anu while 1900 fans looked on, the engineers gave the Nays Georgia Pre-Flight team a IAN CIV football lesson and a fancS licking, 35–7. Techs great line, when crumbled under the sledge hammers of Notre Dame q week ago, withstood a Navy version Of the ct” formation and opened the way for relays of Tech backs to race up ana down Grant Field. Rouehest, TOUGHEST citizen IN the game was Wisconsin’s for mer star, Pat Harder. Assign ed to the Pre-Flight school on Nv Yesterday as Marine corps gunnery instructor, he was casily the standout defensive man on the field.
Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.
Before kickoff
Our ratings going in
Our ratings (scores only)
Georgia Tech 53% to win. Elo’s favorite won.
Georgia Tech leads 2–0 in two meetings, counting the one since this game.
| 1944 | Georgia Tech 13, Georgia Pre-Flight 7 | |
| 1943 | Georgia Tech 35, Georgia Pre-Flight 7 |
Around this game
Georgia Pre-Flight
- Next gamevs. NewberryOct. 17, 1943
- SeasonGeorgia Pre-Flight in 1943
- ProgramGeorgia Pre-Flight history and records
Georgia Tech
- Next gamevs. Fort BenningOct. 16, 1943
- SeasonGeorgia Tech in 1943
- ProgramGeorgia Tech history and records
